8.03.2015

It's Blogust! Time to Give Kids a Shot@Life!

It's Blogust! That time of year, that annual August period when life-saving advocacy couldn't be easier for good people like you to take part in. When Shot@Life donates a life-saving vaccine to a child in need every time you share the #Blogust tag on public social media (Instagram, Pinterest, Facebook, Twitter).

The tl;dr version?

One #Blogust Comment, One #Blogust Share or One #Blogust Like = One Vaccine

The just-the-facts version:

Humanitarian: A child dies every 20 seconds because they
don't have access to life-saving vaccines, and 1 in 5 children lacks
access to vaccines. Plus, immunizations save the lives of 2.5 million
children, each year.

Public Safety: Measles infects 95% of the unvaccinated people
who encounter a carrier; polio is only a plane ride away from returning
to the United States. And babies can't be vaccinated in against measles
in their first year of life. To keep ourselves safe, we must help
eradicate
vaccine-preventable disease in the rest of the world.

To kick off #Blogust, the @ShotAtLife team will be hosting a Twitter
party on August 3 from 1-2 p.m. ET. We would love to see you there -
every tweet with #Blogust or @ShotAtLife during this hour equals one
vaccine for a child around the world

And since the subject of autism still (still!) comes up sometimes when we're trying to save lives with vaccines, I've compiled a Pinterest page on Busting Autism-Vaccine Myths. Please feel free to use it as a resource, or let me know about any resources I'm missing.